Exam 5 (GI Tract) Flashcards
What organ does most of absorption
Small intestine
Immune defenses of GI tract
Low pH of stomach.
Intestinal luminal bacteria.
Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) like Peyer’s patches have T cells and B cells
Parasympathetic actions on GI tract
vagus and pelvic nerves
increase smooth muscle activities
Relax sphincters
Sympathetic actions on GI tract
Celiac and mesenteric ganglia.
Decrease motility.
Causes sphincters to contract.
Inhibits secretion of digestive enzymes
Hirschsprung disease
missing part of myenteric plexus usually in large intestine.
Causes spasm of affected segment.
Causes stool to fill afffected segment.
What neurotransmitter is generated in submucosal plexus
Acetylcholine
What would cholinergic medications cause
Cramping and diarrhea
What would anticholinergic medications cause
Dry mouth and constipation
What are the three salivary glands of mouth
Parotid
Submandibular
Sublingual
Amylase
In saliva
Breaks down starch.
Also released from pancreas exocrine
Lingual Lipase
In saliva
Breaks down fats
ph of saliva
7.0
When is saliva production inhibited
Sleep
Fear
What starts peristaltic activity in esophagus
Distension of esophagus (spreading of esophagus causes it to contract to move food towards stomach.)
What part of nervous system controls peristalsis and sphincter tone
Enteric nervous system
What part of nervous system is the upper esophagus
extrinsic nervous system
Cardia
Accepts food from esophagus
Fundus
Where food collects in stomach
Body of stomach
Where food is churned and mixed
Pylorus
Releases food from stomach into duodenum
Ruggae
Folds of stomach to increase surface area
Surface cells of stomach secretions
Bicarbonate
Mucus
Parietal cells of stomach secretions
HCl
Intrinsic factor
Intrinsic factor
Secreted by parietal cells of stomach
Binds to vitamin B12 in stomach
Chief cells of stomach secretions
Pepsinogen
Gastric lipase
Enterochromaffin-like (ECL) cells of stomach
Secrete histamine
G cells of stomach
Secrete gastrin in response to peptides
Gastrin
Secreted by G-cells of antrum of stomach and duodenum
Stimulate parietal cells to make HCL
Stimulated in response to peptides.
Negative feedback by low pH
D-cells of stomach
Secrete somatostatin in response to acid in lumen.
Somatostatin
Secreted by D-cells of stomach
Stimulated to response to acid in lumen
Inhibits acid secretion
Inhibit gastrin release
Inhibit histamine release
Turns everything off (party pooper)
Proton Pump Inhibitors
Medicine that binds irreversibly to H+/K+ pump pf parietal cells to inhibit the secretion of H+
What all does the vagus nerve stimulate to happen in stomach
Acid secretion from parietal cells.
Histamine secretion from ECL cells
What does gastrin stimulate in stomach
Histamine release form ECL cells that then directly stimulates parietal cells to make HCl
List small intestine parts proximal to distal
Duodenum
Jejunum
Illeum
(DJ Illeum🎧🎶💿🎹)
Microvilli
Cillia of epithelium of small intestine to increase surface area. Helps form the brush border
Brush border of small intestine
Microvilli
Villi
Crypts
Paneth cells
Goblet cells
Digestive enzymes
Intestinal crypt
Small valleys next to villi of small intestine to make even more surface area
Goblet cells
Secret mucus in small intestine
Paneth cells
secrete antimicrobial peptides
CCK
Cholecystokinin.
Relaxes Sphincter of Oddi and causes gallbladder t contract to secrete bile into duodenum of small intestine.
Also promotes secretion of digestive enzymes of the pancreas into the duodenum
Secretin
Produced in duodenum in response to acid in duodenum.
Increases bicarbonate production from pancrease
Gastric inhibitory peptide
Produced in duodenum and jejunim in response to glucose and fat in duodenum.
Stimulates insulin secretion
Vasointestinal Peptide
Neurotransmitter.
Stimulates intestinal secretion of electroyltes and water.
Motilin
Secreted by ECL cells in stomach, small intestine, and colon.
Induces smooth muscle contraction between meals
Serotonin
Secreted by ECL cells of brush border in response to distention of gut wall.
Mostly excitatory and increases GI motility
Neuroendocrine carcinoid tumor
Causes oversecretion of serotonin.
Causes flushing, diarrheaa, bronchospasm, cardiac valvular disease.
Somatostatin used to help symptoms by decreasing release of serotonin
Breakdown of starch
Salivary and pancreatic amylase convert it to oligosaccharides.
Enzymes of luminal wall of intestines break down oligosaccharides and disacharides
Breakdown of protein
Pepsin in stomach.
Then pancreatic elastase, trypsin, and chymotrypsin
Breakdown of fat
Lipases from mouth, stomach and pancreas.
Emulsion formation with bile
What all is absorbed in small intestine and how
Monosaccharides via Na-coupled cotransport and diffusion.
Amino acids via sodium or hydrogen coupled transporters.
Lipds via transport proteins as long-chain fatty acids
Where does most fluid absorption of food happen
ascending colon.
Jobs of large intestine
Fluid absorption.
Bacterial fermentation
Production of vitamin K
Deconjugation of bile acid to return to portal circulation.
Fermentation of fiber into short chain fatty acids.
Storage and elimination of waste
Haustra
Segments of large intestine.
More active on left side to slow down feces before excretion.
(Pump the breaks I’m about to shit myself)
Largest organ in body (besides skin)
Liver
Primary functions of liver
Filtration and storage of blood.
Metabolism.
Detoxification.
Plasma protein production.
Bile formation.
Bilirubin metabolism.
Regeneration (regenerates itself)
Hepatic lobules
Basic functional unit of liver
Hepatocytes
Liver cells.
80% of liver mass.
Produce bile
Synthesize proteins.
Metabolize carbs, lipids, proteins, drugs.
Detoxify substances.
Store vitamins, minerals, and glycogen.
Sinusoids
Capillaries in lobules of liver.
Lined with Kupffer cells.
Filter blood.
Immune response.
Have stellate (Ito) cells
Kupffer cells
In sinusoids of liver
Macrophages of liver
Stellate (Ito) cells
In sinusoids of liver
Store vitamin A.
Play roles in fibrosis and regulation of blood flow
Bile canaliculi
Small ducts between hepatocytes that collect bile.
Merge to form bile ducts.
Connective tissue of liver
Separates lobules to keep everything compartmentalized and gives structure
Portal vein system
Carries blood from GI tract to liver to be filtered.
Blood then goes through hepatic veins and into inferior vena cava
Liver job in carb metabolism
Glycogen storage when blood sugar high.
Gluconeogenesis when blood sugar low
Liver job in lipid metabolism
Stores and makes lipids.
Ketogenesis
Ketogenesis
Converts fatty acids to ketone bodies for energy
Protein metabolism in liver
Synthesis of plasma proteins.
Amino acid metabolism
Amonia detoxification.
Amonia detoxification in liver
Turns amonia from breakdown of amino acid into urea to be pissed out.
What plasma proteins does the liver synthesize
ALBUMIN
Clotting factors
Lipoproteins
What regulates the fed state and what happens
INSULIN helps glucose enter cell and liver will stor glucose, make energy or make fat.
What regulates the fasting state and what happens
GLUCAGON, epinephrine, and cortisol
Glycogenolysis to put glucose into blood.
Gluconeogenesis
Lipoproteins
Transport lipids in circulation
Cholesterol
Made in liver.
Precursor for steroid hormones.
Cell membrane component.
Converted into bile acids/salts
Excess removed through bile
Protein metabolism
Steak –> proteins–> AA–> absorbed into blood –> liver ant tissue.
Can be turned into enzymes, hormones, glucose, or fatty acids
Nonessential AA
formed by liver
Albumin
Most common plasma protein.
Made by liver.
Maintains oncotic pressure.
Transports stuff in blood
Transport proteins made by liver
Transferrin (iron)
Ceruplasmin
Haptoglobin (eat RBC fragments)
Thyroxine binding globulin
Clotting factors made by liver
I, II, V, XII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII.
Protein C and S.
Antithrombin.
Many vitamin K dependent
Acute phase proteins made by liver
Respond to inflammation.
CRP
Serum amyloid A
Fibrinogen
Alpha-1 antitrypsin.
Haptoglobin.
Ferritin.
Binding proteins made by liver
Sex hormone binding globulin.
Corticosteroid binding globulin.
Enzymes made by liver.
AST/ALT used in AA metabolism.
Angiotensinogen
Proteins made by liver
Albumin
Clotting factors
Transport proteins
Acute phase proteins
Complement
Binding proteins
Enzymes
Lipoproteins made by liver
VLDL
HDL
VLDL
Very low density lipoproteins.
Transport triglycerides from liver to peripheral tissues.
Converted to IDL in bloodstream and to LDL in liver.
HDL
High density lipoproteins.
Reverse cholesterol transport (from tissues back to liver)
Hormones made by liver
IGF-1
Thrombopoietin
Hepcidin for iron absorption
Ferroportin transports iron out of cell
Storage protein made by liver
Ferritin
Ceruplasmin
Phase I rxn of liver
Cytochrome P450 enzymes catalyze hydroxylation rxns to make drug more water soluble
Phase II rxn of liver
Conjugation of hydrophilic substance onto drug to make it more water soluble.
Phase III rxn of liver
Transport of substrate into either bile or blood for excretion
What is billirubin made of
80% Broken down hemoglobin and 20% turnover of heme from other tissues
Billirubin metabolism
Unconjugated (indirect) billirubin turned into conjugated (direct)
Bile
Made by liver and stored in gallbladder to be released into duodenum.
Used for digestion and absorption of fats and fat-soluble vitamins (ADEK) in small intestine.
What makes up bile
Bile salts
Bile acids
Phospholipids
Cholesterol
Bilirubin
Electrolytes
Sphincter of Oddi
Sphincter between liver/gallbladder and duodenum of small intestine.
Also controls flow of pancreatic juice into duodenum
What nutrients does the liver store
Glycogen.
Vitamins ADEK and B12
Iron
Copper
What hormones are metabolized in liver
ESTROGEN (makes guys have tits if not metabolized)
Insulin
Glucagon
Cortisol
What hormones are secreted or activated by liver
IGF-1
Hepcidin
Vitamin D
T4–>T3
Alanine aminotransferase (ALT)
Liver enzyme
Mostly in hepatocytes.
Assist gluconeogenesis and AA metabolism.
Hepatocyte injury puts ALT into blood
Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST)
Liver enzyme
Assist urea cycle and AA metabolism in hepatocytes.
Hepatocyte injury puts AST into blood.
How can a hepatocyte injury be seen in lab blood work
ALT and AST will be elevated
Alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
Liver enzyme
Increases concentration in bile ducts, liver, bones, and placenta.
Removes phosphate groups from various molecules.
Increased levels in blood indicate ductal damage (cholestasis, liver damage, bone damage.
Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase
Liver enzyme.
“Another ALP”
Does metabolism of glutathione in bile ducts, liver, and kidneys.
Increased levels in blood indicate bile duct disfunction/cholestasis as well as alcohol use
Lactate dehydrogenase
Liver enzyme.
found everywhere.
Cholestasis
Reduction or stop of bile flow
Where does bile flow when sphincter of Oddi is closed
Gallbladder
Where does bile flow when sphincter of Oddi is open
Duodenum of small intestine
Function of gallbladder
Store and concentrate bile.
Concentrated 3-10 fold by removal of water and electrolytes
What determines if bile goes into gallbladder or duodenum from liver
Pressure of gallbladder, liver, and sphincter of Oddi.
It will always flow from high to low pressure
How much bile reenters portal vein to return to liver
95%
How much bile released from gallbladder is excreted in feces
5%
Exocrine part of pancreas
Acinar cells
Endocrine part of pancreas
Islets of Langerhans
Islet of langerhans
Endocrine part of pancreas.
All throughout pancreas.
More common in tail than head or body.
Secrete glucagon (alpha) insulin (beta), somatostatin (delta), pancreatic peptide (F)
Insulin
Secreted by beta cells of pancreas.
Anabolic.
Increases the storage of glucose, fatty acids, and amino acids.
Lowers blood sugar by inhibiting gluconeogenesis, glycogenolysis, and lipolysis.
Stimulated by high blood sugar.
Promotes, glucose uptake by cells, glycogenesis, lipogenesis, protein synthesis
Glucagon
Secreted by alpha cells of pancreas.
Catabolic.
Mobilizes glucose, fatty acids, and amino acids into blood stream.
Raises blood sugar by stimulating glycogenolysis, gluconeogenesis, and lipolysis
Stimulated by low blood sugar
How does glucose get into B cell
GLUT transporters
Calcium
Makes stuff happen.
Pulls the trigger on everything
Insulin synthesis
Made in rough ER of B cell.
Transported to golgi.
Packaged into membrane-bound granules.
Granules move to plasma membrane for exocytsis.
Crosses over capillary endothelium into blood stream and acts quickly
Half life of insulin
5 mins. (very short)
Is secretion of insulin part of sympathetic or parasympathetic
Parasympathetic
Insulin relationship with potassium
Insulin causes K to enter cell causing extracellular K to decrease.
So pts with insulin infusions often develop hypokalemia
Type 1 diabetes
Autoimmune destruction of beta cells
Type 2 diabetes
Dysregulation of insulin release from B cells and increases of insulin resistance of peripheral tissue.
Leads to eventual B cell death
Effects of hyperglycemia
Hyperosmolality of blood.
Glucose spills out into blood.
Water follows glucose causing water loss, dehydration, polydipsia
Exocrine function of pancreas
Produces 1.5 liters of digestive enzymes.
Amylase
Protease
Lipase
Carboxypeptidase
Ribonuclease
Deoxyribonuclease
Phospholipase A
Trypsinogen
Chymotrypsinogen
Procarboxypolypeptidase
Trypsin
Activates everything.
So converting trypsinogen (made by pancreas, exocrine) into active form trypsin gets everything going
Zymogen
Inactive form of enzyme
Maltase
Breaks maltose into two glucose
Sucrase
Breaks sucrose into glucose and fructose
Lactase
Breaks down lactose into glucose and galactalose
What stimulates release of CCK
Fatty acids and Amino acids
Where is vitamin B12 absorbed
Illeum but must be bound with intrinsic factor from parietal cells of stomach
What BMI is overweight
25-29.9
What BMI is underweight
<18.5
What is a healthy BMI
18.5-24.9
BMI for Obesity class 1
30-34.9
BMI for Obesity Class 2
35-39.9
BMI for Morbid Obesity
> 40
What waist length is related to increased risk of diabetes, HTN, CAD
> 35 inches in women
40 inches in men
Where to measure waiste circumference
Uppermost point on iliac crest
What waist to hip ratio is increased risk for weight related problems in men
> 1.0
What waist to hip ratio is increased risk for wait related problems in women
> 0.85
Estimated Average Requirement (EAR) of dietary intake
Indicator of adequacy to meet needs of half of the healthy individuals in a life stage
Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) of dietary intake
Average requirement plus two standard deviations. Established to prevent deficiency in healthy people, not inhance health
Adequate intake (AI)
Estimated intake of healthy population
Tolerable Upper Limit (TUL) of dietary intake
Upper limit unlikely to pose a risk of adverse health effects.
Steps of nutritional therapy
Evaluate
Assess
Determine
Monitor
Validate
Carbohydrates
4kcal/g
50-60% calorie intake
main source of energy
Stored as glycogen in liver and muscle
Enhance learning and memory
Proteins
4 kcal/g
About 20% calorie intake.
Need about 1g/kg per day
SUpport muscle mass
Used in cell walls, enzymes, hormones peptides, antibodies.
Fuel source
Fats
9 kcal/gram
Main source of energy STORAGE/adiposity
Vehicle for fat soluble vitamins
Makes up cell membranes and hormones
Source of essential fatty acids
Less than 30% calorie intake
Makes food taste good and you feel full
Fiber
Should get 25g per day
Usually we only get like 10
Essential amino acids
Must be eaten bc we can’t make them.
PVT TIM HLL
Phenylalanine
Valine
Threonine
Tryptophan
Isoleucine
Methionine
Histidine
Leucine
Lysine
Positive nitrogen balance
Indicates an anabolic state
Negative nitrogen balance
Indicates a catabolic state.
Ideal Nitrogen balance
+1-+4
What controls apetite
Hypothalamus
Limbic system role in apetite
Controls reward and motivation.
Plays role in addition
Neural connection between gut and brain
Vagus nerve
Ghrelin
Made in stomach
Stimulates appetite in response to no food.
Promotes weight gain.
Acts on hypothalamus
What surgery reduces ghrelin levels
Gastric bypass surgery
Leptin
Made in adipocytes.
Acts on hypothalamus to decrease appetite in feedback mechanism.
Signals adequate energy stores in puberty.
Stimulates sympathetic nervous system to use energy.
Leptin resistance could be linked to leptin
Glucagon Like peptide (GLP-1)
Made by intestinal L-cells
Antagonizes CB1 receptors causing decreased feeding, weight loss, incretin effect on insulin secretion.
Used to treat diabetes and obesity
Peptide YY
Released by jejunum in response to fat
Decreases food intake
Inhibits gastric acid secretion.
Inhibits stomach motility.
Oxyntomodulin
Induces satiety.
Increases energy expendature.
Decreases weight.
Adiponectin
Secreted by adipocytes in response to fasting.
Makes cells more sensitive to insulin and increases fatty acid oxidation.
Decreases visceral fat mass.